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Beyond the Engagement Trap: A New Design Architecture for Children & AI

by Michael Preston
May 6, 2026

Lately, I’ve been thinking about a fundamental shift in the architecture of children’s media.For years, our national conversation has centered on screen time and online safety. Both remain critical. Yet

Into the Digital Future: Teens, Technology, and Trust with Amanda Lenhart

by Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro
February 27, 2025

In this episode of Into the Digital Future, hosts Jordan Shapiro and Laura Higgins sit down with long-time mixed methods researcher Amanda Lenhart to discuss her journey into internet research

Digital Media and Kids with Dr. Michael Rich and Dr. Rosemarie Truglio

by Leslie Berkowitz
January 9, 2025

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center and the West Side YMCA invite you to join us for a book party to celebrate an incredible resource for parents of all children of

Different but complementary: Navigating AI’s role in children’s learning and development

by Ying Xu
October 7, 2024

As a researcher focusing on AI and child development (and also as a parent of two), I have seen many instances of kids talking to conversational AI agents like Siri,

AI Knocking: What Can Parents of Young Kids Expect?

by Rotem Landesman
September 9, 2024

Although we are still in the midst of discovering the implications and opportunities that various technologies bring to our children’s (and our own) lives, we’re seeing a new technological innovation

Into the Digital Future: Designing for the Positive Possibilities of Technology with Jaspal Sandhu

by Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro
November 14, 2023

In this episode, Jordan and Laura sit down with Jaspal Sandhu, Executive Vice President at Hopelab, a social innovation lab dedicated to supporting the mental health and well-being of young

Into the Digital Future: Empowering Children’s Voices with Amanda Third

by Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro
October 31, 2023

Laura and Jordan are joined by Amanda Third, Associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney and co-author of the UN’s Digital Rights of the Child. Amanda shares her participatory

“We would have created our own ‘adult’ version of fun”: Adult co-designers’ perspectives on designing technology with children

by Medha Tare and Mona Leigh Guha
June 22, 2023

What happens when you are trying to design a new technology for kids and things do not go as expected? In the case of the University of Maryland KidsTeam, you

Explorer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Seeds for a New Kind of Education

by Jim Gray
January 23, 2023

“What would Joan do” is a question children’s media professionals can ask as we explore the pedagogical possibilities of new digital tools. Early childhood researchers have long noted that children

No more excuses: the answer to designing a digital world fit for children is here

by Nick Martlew
January 24, 2022

2021 set off alarm bells for big tech when the courageous whistle-blowers Frances Haugen, Sophie Zhang, and Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa made front-page news of irresponsible design of technology

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